Teaching

A small portion of life is moderately predictable. In my classes, I explore some of these relationships, particularly how markets and other forms of social organization guide or limit our choices and opportunities. Predictability is primarily of importance to the social science aspect of my classes, but as human beings we want more than that. Therefore, my education and labor classes also explore spheres in which we expand and act upon our hopes and possibilities.

Recent Courses Taught

Research/Scholarship

My research seeks answers to some very broad questions, including: Why don't we learn by doing? Is schooling necessary? How does faculty self-interest define schooling? How do we organize knowledge? Can work be meaningful? What kinds of organization support us in our quest for fulfillment? Do labor unions improve life?

Selected Recent Publications

2011. With Keith Nitta . "The Bellevue Teachers Strike and its Implication for the future of post-industrial Reform Unionism." Educational Policy, November 20, 2011, doi: 10.1177/0895904811417585

2005. Daniel Jacoby. "Part-time Community College Faculty and the Desire for Full-time Tenure-track Positions: Results of a single institution Case Study". Community College Journal of Practice and Research, 19, 1-16, 2005.

Work in Progress

"Graduate Education and the Apprenticeship Metaphor, the roles of Guilds, Disciplines, Professions and Unions."

"Understanding the demand for part-time faculty at community colleges".